''Tokyo Raiders'' is a 2000 Hong Kong

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include l ...

set in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a List of cities in China, city and Special administrative regions of China, special ...

and

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.46 ...

, directed by Jingle Ma and starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai,

Ekin Cheng Ekin Cheng is a Hong Kong actor and singer. Early in his career, he used the name Dior as a first name (because that was what it sounded like when his younger sister tried to call him 二哥 in Cantonese). He has also been referred to as Noodl ...

and Kelly Chen. The success of the film led to the making of its sequel, '' Seoul Raiders'', in 2005. Notably, the film was the last film to ever be released on

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, being released in September 2001.

Plot

Cast

* Tony Leung Chiu-wai as Detective Lam Kwai-yan *

as Pat Tai-yung * Kelly Chen as Macy *

Cecilia Cheung Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi (in Chinese 張栢芝, born 24 May 1980) is a Hong Kong actress and cantopop singer. Cheung is considered a " Sing girl"—an actress who first received media attention through starring alongside Stephen Chow, and late ...

as Saori * Toru Nakamura as Takashashi Yuji * Hiroshi Abe as Ito Takeshi * Kumiko Endô as Naomi * Maju Ozawa as Yukiko * Yûko Moriyama as Miyuku * Minami Shirakawa as Sayuri * Takeshi Yamato as Akagawa * Ko Shibasaki as Yumi

Reception

Derek Elley Derek Elley (born c. 1955) is an American film and music critic and author, best known as the resident film critic for '' Variety'' until his departure in March 2010. With over 1200 reviews to his credit as of December 2014 on ''Rotten Tomatoes'', ...

of '' Variety'' wrote that it "makes up in personality and an overall light, jokey tone what it lacks in sheer action smarts." '' Time Out London'' wrote, "Made to order for Chinese New Year release, this charmless action-comedy would like to be ''Charade'' but hasn't a clue how to handle plot structure, characterisation or secret-identity twists." Keith Phipps of '' The A.V. Club'' wrote that it "delivers the mix of humor, action, and style promised, though not delivered, by the big-screen version of ''Charlie's Angels''". ''Beyond Hollywood'' wrote, "Aside from an overbearing soundtrack and a hackneyed plot with too many silly twists, ''Tokyo Raiders'' is good for a laugh."

References

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2000s Cantonese-language films 2000 films 2000s action comedy films 2000 martial arts films Hong Kong action comedy films Hong Kong detective films Police detective films 2000s spy films Hong Kong martial arts films Golden Harvest films Films directed by Jingle Ma Films set in Tokyo Films shot in Tokyo Films with screenplays by Susan Chan 2000s Hong Kong films {{martialart-film-stub